[HECnet] TOPS-10 D-Day, DECnet failure on November 9th is less than six days away

[Dave McGuire]

On 11/7/21 5:27 AM, Johnny Billquist wrote:
>>>>> A lot of VMS, obviously, but not that much noise from that crowd. :-)
>>>> I wish we made more noise. :)
>>>
>>>   [/me heads to LSSM and fires up the VAX-11/780]
>>
>> [/me drools jealously]
>>
>> :)
> 
> /me looks at the 8650 and thinks "today?". :-)

   "Doooo eet, mang!"

> Anyway, Magica was up and running for about 6h yesterday. A real 11/70 
> might outnoise an 11/780. :-D

   We have a PDP-11/70 and a VAX-11/780 in adjacent rows at the museum. 
The 11/780 is considerably louder.  I will measure this for quantitative 
numbers the next time I'm over there.

             -Dave

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Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA